{"id":80700,"date":"2016-10-03T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=80700"},"modified":"2016-10-03T10:56:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T09:56:58","slug":"palestinian-youth-art-festival-in-india-spotlights-hardships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/10\/palestinian-youth-art-festival-in-india-spotlights-hardships\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian Youth Art Festival in India Spotlights Hardships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gaza51 showcases the artwork of young Palestinians from Gaza produced after the 2014 Israeli invasion.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mahmoud Alkurd’s photographs show the effects on children of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. | Photo: Facebook GAZA51<\/p><\/div>\n

25 Sep 2016 – <\/em>Palestinian artists launched a festival in India called GAZA51 to present artwork by young Gazan artists produced after the 2014 Israeli war on the besieged coastal strip.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Palestine and Israel Clash at UN General Assembly<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the organizers, GAZA51 seeks to educate Indians on the reality of the oppression Palestinians suffer at the hands of the Israeli state.<\/p>\n

It aims to create a “shift in perspectives towards proactively lobby(ing) the Indian government toward the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel.”<\/p>\n

The festival will begin in Delhi the first week of October in five different venues and will spread to eight different Indian cities.<\/p>\n

GAZA51 will include art exhibitions, concerts, films and talks about what people of Occupied Palestine live on a daily basis. Fifty-one refers to the number of days at the end of the summer of 2014, when Israel bombed Gaza during \u201cOperation Protective Edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mahmoud Alkurd photos. GAZA51<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the participants is Mahmoud Alkurd, a young photographer from Gaza, who says he wanted to contribute with his photos to make sure that children in Palestine don\u2019t have to experience more war.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Israeli Army Shoots 13-Year-Old Palestinian Girl at Checkpoint<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI call my series, ‘We Breathe Freedom’ because that is the deepest and most basic desire of every Palestinian,\u201d says Mahmoud Alkurd. The artist taught himself photography through online tutorials to develop his style and counts on his 8-year-old sister to be his model<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is very tough,\u201d said Alkurd, \u201cBut of course she has been deeply affected by the wars. She is full of fear. When a plane goes by overhead, she gets frightened.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to a U.N. report, between July 7 and August 26, Israel carried out more than 6,000 airstrikes in Gaza. During the 2014 war, 2,251 people died, including 1,462 civilians, with 551 being children and 299 women.<\/p>\n

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